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‘Out-Of-Place’ Pebbels Found In Jurassic Rocks May Brought There By Dinosaurs – Forbes
A study suggests a collection of quartzite cobbles found in Wyoming, but originally coming from Wisconsin, made the 600-mile journey in the belly of a dinosaur.
Red quartzite gastroliths collected near Dinosaur National Mounument, Utah.
Malone et al. 2021
A team of geologists at the University of Texas suggests that a collection of smooth, red quartzite cobbles, found in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, was deposited there by dinosaurs coming from Wisconsin, the only area with outcrops of this type of rock.
The study published in the journal Terra Nova is the first of its kind to use so-called stomach stones rocks known as “gastroliths” that are swallowed…
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